1 Labans children murmure againſt Iaakób 3 God commandeth him to returne to his countrey 14 The care of God for Iaakób. 19 Rahél ſtealeth her fathers idoles. 25 Laban followeth Iaakób. 44 The couenant betwene Laban and Iaakób.
3.And the Lord had ſaid vnto Iaakób, Turne againe into the land of thy fathers, and to thy kinred, and I wil be with thee.
4.Therefore Iaakób ſent and called Rahél and Leáh to the field vnto his flocke.
6.And ye knowe that I haue ſerued your father with all my might.
8.If he thus ſaid, The ſpotted ſhalbe thy wages, thē all the ſhepe bare ſpotted: & if he ſaid thus, The partie coloured ſhalbe thy reward, thē bare all ye ſhepe partie coloured.
11.And the Angel of God ſaid to me in a dreame, Iaakób. And I anſwered, Lo, I am here.
12.And he ſaid, lift vp now thine eies, and ſe all the he goates leaping vpon the ſhe goates that are partie coloured, ſpotted with litle & great ſpottes: for I haue ſene all that Labán doeth vnto thee.
14.Then anſwered Rahél and Leáh, and ſaid vnto him, Haue we anie more porci- on and inheritance in our fathers houſe?
16.Therefore all yͤ riches,which God hathe taken from our father , is ours and our childrés: now then whatſoeuer God hathe ſaid vnto thee do it.
17.¶Thé Iaakób roſe vp, and ſet his ſonnes and his wiues vpon camels.
18.And he caried awaie all his flockes, and all his ſubſtance which he had gotten, to wit, his riches, which he had gotten in Padán Arám, for to go to Izhák his fa- ther vnto the land of Canáan.
22.The third day after was it tolde Labán, that Iaakób fled.
25.¶Then Labán ouertoke Iaakób, & Iaa- kób had pitched his tent in the mount: & Labán alſo with his brethren pitched vp- on mount Gileád.
27.Wherefore diddeſt thou flee ſo ſecretly & ſteale away from me, & diddeſt not tel me, that I might haue ſent thee forthe with mirth & with ſongs, with timbrel & with harpe?
28.But thou haſt not ſuffered me to kiſſe my ſonnes and my daughters: now thou haſt done fooliſhly in doing ſo.
30.Now thogh thou wenteſt thy way, be- cauſe thou greatly longedſt after thy fa- thers houſe: yet wherefore haſt thou ſtollé my gods?
31.Thé Iaakób anſwered, & ſaid to Labán, Becauſe I was afraid, & thoght that thou woldeſt haue taken thy daughters from me.
33.Then came Labán into Iaakobs tent, & into Leahs tent, and into the two maides tentes, but founde them not. ſo he wēt out of Leahs tent, & entred into Rahels tent.
36.¶Thé Iaakób was wroth, & chode with Labán: Iaakób alſo anſwered and ſaid to Labán, What haue I treſpaced?what haue I offended, that thou haſt purſued after me?
37.Seing thou haſt ſerched all my ſtuffe, what haſt yͧ founde of all thine houſholde ſtuffe? put it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may iudge be- twene vs bothe.
40.I was in the day conſumed with heat, and with froſt in the night, and my " ſlepe departed from mine eies.
41.Thus haue I bene twenty yere in thine houſe, and ſerued thee fourtéth yeres for thy two daughters, and ſix yeres for thy ſhepe, and thou haſt changed my wages ten times.
43.Then Labán anſwered, & ſaid vnto Iaakób, Theſe daughters are my daughters, and theſe ſonnes are my ſonnes, and theſe ſhepe are my ſhepe, and all that thou ſeeſt, is mine, and what can I do this day vnto theſe my daughters, or to their ſonnes which they haue borne?
45.Then toke Iaakób a ſtone, and ſet it vp as a piller:
46.And Iaakób ſaid vnto his brethren, Gather ſtones: who broght ſtones, and made an heape, and they did eat there vpon the heape.
48.For Labán ſaid, This heape is witnes betwene me & thee this day: therefore he called the name of it Galeéd. Alſo he called it
51.Moreouer Labán ſaid to Iaakób, Beholde this heape, & beholde, the piller, which I haue ſet betwene me and thee,
52.This heape ſhalbe witnes, and the piller ſhalbe witnes, ÿ I wil not come ouer this heape to thee, and that ÿ ſhalt not paſſe ouer this heape & this piller vnto me for euil.
54.Then Iaakób did offre a ſacrifice vpon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread. and they did eat bread, & taried all night in the mount.